10/28/2020
ESG and Sustainability in the Real Assets sector
The nature of real assets projects is that they are typically long-term and as immovable assets, they are directly linked to a location.
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10/28/2020
Five things investors should know about when investing in ESG-focused funds
Amid this shift, the investment universe has also grown immensely over the past decade, and sales in responsible funds have risen 230% (Over 12 months to August 2020) on the back of strong performance of funds in this space.
10/28/2020
UK pension pool picks Nordea to run climate strategy for €1.3bn ESG fund
The asset manager will take charge of the fraction of the new multi-manager mandate, which includes strategies run by Ownership Capital and RBC Global Asset Management.
10/28/2020
Prestige Funds launches dedicated Climate Invest website
Prestige Funds, the specialist private debt fund group, has launched a new information and research service for investors who are interested in opportunities that will help them to fund alternative energy sources.
10/27/2020
2022 - The growth opportunity of the century
Are you ready for the ESG change?
10/27/2020
How can we build a greener future?
Young people whose education has suffered during the pandemic will also be hit harder by global warming.
10/27/2020
More look to their own finances to power a green recovery
A new research from Rathbone Greenbank Investments reveals that a quarter of UK people believe investing only in companies making a positive impact is one of the best ways to turbocharge the economy.
10/27/2020
London loses crown as global green finance leader
London has lost its world crown for green finance quality, slipping behind Amsterdam and Zurich after more than two years at the helm, according to the latest Z/Yen index.
10/27/2020
Green insurance moving forward in Guernsey
The amendments would reduce the capital requirements applicable to green fixed income assets of commercial life insurers and commercial life reinsurers.
10/27/2020
MSCI Launches Climate Indexes to Help Investors Seeking to Align with 1.5°C Paris Climate Pledge
Combining expertise and insight from MSCI’s Climate Risk Center, the indexes include climate data from MSCI’s Climate Value-at-Risk (Climate VaR) tool, scope 3 emissions data, and green revenues
10/26/2020
Green insurance moving forward in Guernsey
The GFSC is also a member of the Sustainable Insurance Forum and the Guernsey International Insurance Association is a signatory to the United Nations’ Principles for Sustainable Insurance.
10/26/2020
Clean technologies can slash EU's emissions and boost economy
The latter refers to a scenario where any carbon generated is offset completely by emission cuts in other operational areas.
10/25/2020
How to profit from a world of opportunity as green firms embrace The Attenborough Effect
Asset manager Liontrust says there is growing interest in sustainable investing because of the 'Attenborough Effect'
10/22/2020
ESG is huge opportunity for European managers
Combined with a strong asset performance, this would see Europe’s share of global ESG assets amount to between 71% and 74% by 2025.
10/22/2020
World Energy Day - a 'tipping point' in the transition to Clean Energy
Everywhere we look we see governments working to reinflate their economies, with Climate Change at the heart of their stimulus programmes.
10/22/2020
Sustainable and ESG-focused funds “must be core part of portfolios now
Lowcock believes the outperformance of sustainable, ESG and ethical funds will continue from here, with many of the old-guard old economy stocks likely to struggle unless they change.
10/21/2020
Credit Suisse Advances Institutional Sustainability Initiative Through Partnership with Equilibrium
Equilibrium innovates and manages sustainability-driven businesses and the deployment of capital within the sustainable real asset and resource management spaces.
10/21/2020
EBRD and Japan to strengthen economic cooperation
This is in line with the EBRD’s Green Economy Transition approach, which has taken the Bank’s green investments to more than 40 per cent of annual investment last year and is set to exceed 50 per cent by 2025.
10/21/2020
Zug AM launches global green bond fund
The group expands sustainable range with investment-grade-focused strategy.
10/21/2020
How to make sure your ethical investments aren’t harming the planet
‘Start giving consumers the information they want,’ say financial experts